Alexis decided to pull the crying card again. At night. Ah! She would fall asleep after I fed her, then 45 minutes or so later she would wake up crying and she would not go back to sleep. She would cry for an hour or two on some nights. All she wanted was to be held. I think she might be teething. But I'm not sure because she doesn't have bumps on her gums yet, but who knows. Teething starts way before the bumps come.
On Monday night she was up till 11, on Tuesday it was 10, then on Wednesday it was 9:30. Thursday she fell asleep and stayed asleep for two hours. I was like yes! She stopped the crying. But then she woke up after two hours and was awake crying (off and on) till 12:30am. Ya - not cool. Then Friday and Saturday it got better. She only cried for a bit and fell back asleep. Wow, it was annoying and it also reminded me of why I don't want any more children. Those nights with her when she was an infant were hard. I felt like throwing her across the room a lot of those nights. It was so frustrating. I never want to go through that again. Ever.
But the past couple days she has done better. But it made it hard to exercise. I exercised one day. And by the way, when I say "exercise" I am referring to cardio. I want to do cardio exercise 3-4 times a week. When I get the chance, I do yoga and stretching and weights around the house throughout the day. But it's hard to fit in cardio because it's a dedicated amout of time. But I did pretty good with my control. There were times when I was bored or whatever and I wanted a snack, not a healthy snack, and I didn't do it. I always tell Jonas, when he says he's hungry, that if he doesn't want a healthy snack (apple, banana, carrots, etc), then he's not really hungry. I should apply the same to myself. And I'm going to from now on. It felt good at night, though, to feel like I didn't over eat or snack on unhealthy things. That's control.
Now I want to work on my sweets. Ever since I started eating dairy again, the sweets and baked goods are so tempting! I'm only going to allow myself to have sweets twice a week. And that includes candy. We are suckers for candy at our house. No pun intended. :) Sundays are a day when I always have sweets, thanks to the in-laws and their yummy dinners. I like that I'm taking it one step at a time. For me, it has always been overwhelming to try to do everything all at once. But taking one thing about my health and doing it one week at a time is a lot easier. Then it becomes habit and you move on to the next thing.
The next thing that made me tired, but it was great that this was happening, was that Jonas decided to be potty trained - FINALLY! I hope he keeps it up. About a week and a half ago he wanted to wear his big boy underwear. I didn't have any "rewards" but we tried it anyway. He wouldn't go for me, he would pee in his underwear and not say anything and just sit in it. So I put the diaper back on. But I had hope that maybe he's getting used to the idea. So I bought popsicles, and every morning I asked if he wanted his underwear on. He said yes every morning and we tried. Finally on Monday, we put the underwear on, and he went to the potty great for me and he kept it on with no more diapers. He ate about 10-15 popsicles a day last week, had a couple accidents each day, but then Thursday happened and he has kept his underwear dry since then....except for the whole number two part. But we're working on that. He even took a nap on Saturday and he didn't pee. I think we're making progress and he's doing great! Better than the last 3 times we tried. I have hope that he'll get it. Yay!
But it's been tiring because he wakes up so early, so I have to get out of bed to help him go potty. So late nights, waking up to feed Alexis around 4:30 or so, and then waking up around 6:00-6:30 to help Jonas go potty. I was very tired. But I tried so hard to be extra patient and positive with Jonas so the experience wouldn't be ruined. He seems to have more confidence now and I think he likes his big boy underwear. Good times.
All that explanation to show that I didn't take many pics. But the couple that I'm going to share are great and I love them. It was overall a good week, just tiring. :)
Steph, I am so proud of you! We get what we need to work on the most for ourselves. Kids are totally worth it no matter what! (More please)
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